Patents by Inventor Mark Steven Habedank

Mark Steven Habedank has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for fabricating rotary machines
    Patent number: 7464577
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for fabricating a workpiece is provided. The method includes applying a predetermined axial force to a tool, translating the axial force into a radial force in the workpiece using the tool, and generating a hoop stress in the work piece sufficient to relieve residual stress in the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Steven Habedank, Daniel Edward Wines, Mark Wesley Johnson, Gregory Stephen Bechtel, Charles William Carrier
  • Methods and apparatus to reduce seal rubbing within gas turbine engines
    Patent number: 6899520
    Abstract: A method facilitates assembling a seal assembly for a gas turbine engine rotor assembly. The method comprises coupling a disk retainer to a first stage disk, and coupling an interstage seal assembly including an outer shell within the rotor assembly such that a downstream arm extending from the outer shell engages a second stage disk while an upstream arm extending from the outer shell engages the disk retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Steven Habedank, Daniel Edward Wines, Christopher James League, Aaron Michael Dziech, George Edwin Whitaker